Does anybody know what happened to Photobucket? I can't share any pictures now

The graphic is a funky gray speedometer-like thing that tells me to "update my account to enable third party hosting". Well, I updated my account & still no luck. Are they making us pay the $9.99/mo. upgrade now?

I've never been able to get Flikr to work, so this is very frustrating. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

4. Messed up

6. I don't use it anymore

I had a Photobucket account years ago and quit using it. I am not even sure I could log an any more. That's the trouble with relying on these commercial sites. They can change things on a whim or go out of business and you are screwed.

Even the larger ones can do it. I use Dropbox and you used to be able to put audio files, photos, or documents in the public folder and link them. Earlier this year they changed that and you can't do it from a free account. That broke all the links for anything I had already posted.